Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-06-09
names OF their munificent doners, Hal
stead. Pardie, Thayer. Sayles; Bissell;

names OF tAelr munltcent dOners, Hal |
stead. Pardie, Thayer, Sayles; Bissell; \
time would feil US to give the list.
Aud thus we come back egain to tLis
commencement day and this graduation.
DO we not catch something OF its mean
ing, and feel the stir of emotion, and an
citation Of hope, as We pass the first
mile stone of an unknown series reaching
on long after we are gone? 1t seems to
me a happy circumstance that the mot
to OF this graduating GLASS translated out
of the original tongue, with all forms
translasiops diligently compared and re.
vised, is the grand order OF action, the
soldiers word, Forward" How much
of preparation, planning, waiting does it
imply. How much of treasured energy,
resolve and purpose. How much Of
drill in the camp and on the field. There
must be many veterans here who can re.
call the tides of feeling which that order
once created when it came Just on the
threshold of long-expected. long delay
ed, and momentous advance. Forward
to what? To danger, h%srdships, strug-
gle and victory. No man can know pre-
cisely what is before him, nor ought he
to ask cnriously, but in the great arena
of conflict he has q right to expect the
triumph OF the right over wrong,of good
over evil, and to anticipate the part he
may have there, without doubt or fear.
There is q great satisfaction IN dong
something worth we'll doing, and there
is a power in great ideas to carry 8 man
forward where otherwise he would have
no heart TO go. For reliant mon do not
ask for soft places. ri never yet found
myself" said the the gallant Colonel
and President CLARK, 81 never found my
self asking for less work or an easier
place." Such is the spirit of superior
minds. For ward is the martial watch
word OF the college today, and of Its
graduating class.
But language is o subtle thing and
this motto has In it the diapasono of affairs
as we'll ss g trumpet note of battle. |
doubt if any of the old Athenians could
appreciate the thoroughly practical and
unromantic, the common sense, and hard
sense translation OF the same flexible
Greek motto, when put into tho dialect
Of Davy Orockets, the typical pioneer,
the incarnation of honesty, directness
and push. Old honest Davy Crockett
said: "Be sure your right, then go
ahead" The GOODNESS OF Yankee calcu-
%lation, and the "go' of western enter
prise are in the expressive ego ahead y
You cannot turn 1t back into Greek
again. 1t belongs to this college, and
to this class. It has come to stay. For
an education which holds back, which
stands SILL, which is, timid and cautious
and slow, which does not Keep step to
all this rattle of machinery, this rustic
OF trade. this swift play of thought and
opinion, cannot live in these jostlinR
times. 1t will go to the wall end pres
entity the wall will cover it. II there be
such q thing as an American education
distinctively, it is characterized by this
wholesome energy. 1t bids every disei-
pie Ego ahead"
And finally this motto yields most
naturally and most fttingIy q moditioa.
ton and blending of the other two, "Ito
the front" Thus this class comes for
ward to-day. 1t is to stand fret ia the
general catalogue of this college, no
matter how many or how large the sub.
segment classes may be. This young man
saas held steadily to his purpose. and in
spite of difficulties and interruptions.
the strain upon affection and on physI.
cal strength, he comes through his four
years with the four great needs of dis
ciplined ~manhood-a sound body, q
trained mind, a liberal education, and a
right character. 1t is worth what it has
cost. He has climbed the headiand and
has seen the flush of the morning. We
dc rot envy him, but we rejoice with
him
Lone WATCHER on the mountais height,
1t ~ right precious TO behold
The + rst long surf of climbing light
FLO 10 all the thirsty east with gold.
, But yte, who in the shadow sit.
hn,lw also when the day is nigh.
Sesir g thy shining forehead lit 5a
Wrh his inspiring prophecy.
"To the 'front.'" 1t is the only place
OF honor. .'To the front" It Is the
only place OF safety. "To the 'front.' in
every GOOD word, and work, as q man,
an educated man, a christian man. able
and willing 60 land q hand. ITO the
front" ii, intellectual life, WRESTLING With
the deep things in philosophy and
religion.
Great truths are ~portiona of the soul of man,
Great souls are portions of eternity
aTo the front" in that most intimate
and sacred realm Of personal purity and
piety, ont OF which shall issue the fruits
OF the spirit. making it o gladness to You
and an increasing honor to Yankton
college that yonr name stands frat on
its alumni roll.
After instrumental music DR.. Joseph
Ward, president of Yankton college,
proceeded to confer the degree oil
bachelor OF arts on the graduate, which
ceremony was accompanied by a sfew
words relative to the authority for
tho act and the presentation Of
the diploma. The diploma il
in the hand writing Of DIR. Ward
II is worded as follows:
"Yankton college, Yankton Dakota
10 ell to whom these presents may come
Greeting. This certifes that Mr..
Edward Hinman Pound, has been g
member of this college for four years
and has stately attended the public
and private exercises prescribed by the
trustees and faculty. He is therefore
hereby declared to have finished the
first course of study under our
direction, and is entitled hencefortb
to use the designation "baehelor OF
arts" and to rank with those who have
entered that grads.
in token whereof we have affixed the
seal of the college and subscribed our
namea this 9Th day Of June 1887,
JOSEPH WARD. President.
". MINER, Sec. board trustees.
To cay that Mr.. Pound appreciates
his position would hardly express his
ideas. His heart is filed with gratitude
for ~kindnesses he has received at the
bands of bis instructors aud fellow stu.
dents and his firm resolve is to recipro-